Freedom Remembered

Birth: December 2, 1981 – Poland
Died: May 12, 2003 – near Al Hillah, Iraq

Lance Cpl Kowalik was assigned to the 1st Maintenance Battalion, 1st Force Service Support Group, based at Camp Pendleton, California where he worked as an amphibious assault vehicle mechanic. He was killed when the bunker he was working in caught fire and exploded. Jakub came to the United States from Poland in 1992 and was a permanent resident, though not yet a citizen. He enlisted in the Marines during his senior year at Maine East High School, Park Ridge, Illinois.

Burial: Maryhill Cemetery, Niles, Illinois

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